T.I. must really be something. He’s won Grammy Awards. He’s had a song of his parodied by Weird Al Yankovic. And now he’s debuted at number one of the Billboard 200 for the third time.
The Atlanta rapper’s Paper Trail landed atop the charts in its first week of release with 568, 000 copies sold. Tip topped other strong first-week contenders Jennifer Hudson (217,000), Robin Thicke (137,000), and James Taylor (95,000), along with Metallica (86,000), who rounded out the Top 5.
Paper Trail is T.I.’s 6th album, following King and T.I. vs. T.I.P., both of which also debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.
This project was notable not only for being the rapper’s first album after his arrest on federal charges stemming from an illegal gun purchase, but for Tip’s return to writing rhymes.
“Paper Trail, man. I was just thinking about what would be new and what would be different and I was reading people saying how they missed classic T.I. from I’m Serious from Trap Muzik,” he told XXLmag in July. “So I said the only difference between T.I. now and T.I. from I’m Serious is, one, I was just rapping without thinking about the conventional methods of putting songs together—without thinking about whether or not a song would be worthy of radio play—I was only thinking about creating music and I was writing things down. So with King, T.I. vs TIP, even some of Urban Legend, I was thinking about putting songs together—16 bar, hook—16 bar, hook—16 bar—hook—where as on some records on I’m Serious it was just one long verse, just rapping—I wasn’t worrying about whether or not this was gonna be considered a single so I figured, Well maybe if I start writing things down again, it’ll provide some different perspective and make for a new sound.”
In addition to his chart-topping achievement, T.I. recently joined the likes of Michael Jackson as one of the entertainers Weird Al has targeted.
The comic will be releasing a version of T.I.’s hit “Whatever U Like,” which is set to be available on iTunes for purchase soon.—LaTisha Robbins
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October 8th, 2008
at 10:04 am
Geoff Block says:
I bet weird al does a good version but as far as t.i goes great album probably one of the most content filled albums of the year
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October 8th, 2008
at 10:44 pm
mr. fly as a pelican says:
I’m wit The_Truth. Killer Mike has the best album out the A this year. Fuck it, out the whole South. That dude is a rhyme beast. Check to see what Cham drops fourth quarter.
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October 8th, 2008
at 10:13 am
yoprince says:
good shit TIP.
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October 8th, 2008
at 10:14 am
Player1 says:
First
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October 8th, 2008
at 10:20 am
Teddy says:
down with kiiinnnngggg
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October 8th, 2008
at 10:22 am
sean izzle says:
got damn thats alot, he scored Gold in one week again and this is even more than King,whoooo
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October 8th, 2008
at 10:28 am
giantstepp says:
Hate him or love him TIP is putting it down.
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October 8th, 2008
at 10:41 am
Tukrazy says:
This album is sooooo much better than Carter III… I think the best of TI’s carrer
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October 8th, 2008
at 10:57 am
Macman22 says:
T.I Album Is Ok! But got The Best of the year
Nas Untitled
Lil Wayne Carter 3
Young Jeezy The Recession
The Game LAX
T.I.P Papar Trail
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October 8th, 2008
at 12:07 pm
mo says:
lax was hot trash and the recession sounds like one long wack song, cater 3 was on some pop garbage. at this point nas easily has the album of the year
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October 8th, 2008
at 12:14 pm
jburg says:
Stop with these fucking lists!! Please, no one give a fuck what your favorite album of the year is. You ain’t giving no damn award.
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October 8th, 2008
at 11:06 am
damion says:
PacMan - How did Carter 3 land up there? The dude Wayne is a good rapper, but he makes NO SENSE, NONE! But you guys love it so it’s all good. LAX is ehhhhh.
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October 8th, 2008
at 11:21 am
harmen says:
nice job tip,
i thought he would get about 500-530
the recession is waaaay better then tha carter 3
and got damn so is L.A.X!
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October 8th, 2008
at 11:48 am
grp03 says:
These numbers from TIP are pretty damn good considering no one has any money right now. I wonder what wayne would have sold if his album came out last tuesday during this disaster of an economy.
I blame all this shit on Jeezy for naming his album “The Recession” and then 2 weeks later everything plummets.
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October 8th, 2008
at 11:51 am
IM SERIOUS says:
i know his 1st record label regret droppin him!
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October 8th, 2008
at 12:04 pm
UNCLE SAM says:
Wayne- 1.1 mil
Kanye West- 963,000
50- 693,000
T.I.- 568,000
Jay-Z- 502,000
“ITZ DA KING BITCH”
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October 8th, 2008
at 12:12 pm
The_Truth says:
**Paper Trail is a coo album, 6.5-out of-10 stars. . .Jezzy’s ways harder, and I’m not a Jeezy fan. Killer Mike had the best CD out of Atlanta this year, and that was Independent. Urban Legend still remain’s T.I.’s best album.
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October 8th, 2008
at 12:25 pm
IM SERIOUS says:
funny how 4 out of 5 of those artist got a track together. these are mos def the top artist in the game!
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October 8th, 2008
at 12:58 pm
dads says:
the album is so shyt do
why would people buy it
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October 8th, 2008
at 1:15 pm
ne where gang says:
ALBUMS WAY BETTER THAN PAPER TRAIL…
Nas - Untitled
Game - LAX
Ice Cube - Raw Footage = Slept On
Young Jeezy - The Recession
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October 8th, 2008
at 1:21 pm
illp says:
good job tip for making ppl get the fuck up their asses and making them go back to a record stores to buy a album for less than maybe wnat 12 bucks so that’s the shit buy ur artist music u know nigga like t.i. should have sold even 200 k more but it’s a fucking good week for him weezy still on top whit kanye after and 50 can wait for before i self destruct !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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October 8th, 2008
at 2:49 pm
mig says:
everything hes done after king is whack. fucking snitch
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October 8th, 2008
at 2:52 pm
SOUTHSIDE A-TOWN says:
KING! period.
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October 8th, 2008
at 3:05 pm
SOUTHSIDE A-TOWN says:
whoa, whoa, whoa….. who da fuck iz all dese niggaz tryna hate on Tip?
Paper Trail is about 2 be his 5th consecutive platinum album. His lyrics are on point, he actually talks about real shit! Got a strong ass fan base, obviously. He been sayin he was da king since his very 1st album & who gon say he aint prove it? U hatin on dis nigga, save ya breath. WAT UP, WATS HANNEN!!!
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October 8th, 2008
at 3:12 pm
Jerm says:
looks like TIP is tryin to break X’s record of 5 #1s in a row…seems like hes gettin close. Hopefully this lives up to its hype, cuz i may buy it.
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October 8th, 2008
at 3:39 pm
magnum says:
too bad paper trail is hot garbage,im really over this cd anyways..
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October 8th, 2008
at 4:16 pm
XXLmag.com - » T.I. Tops Himself As “Life Your Life” Unseats “Whatever You Like” As Top Single says:
[...] Atlanta rapper made headlines earlier today for debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 charts with his latest album, Paper Trail, which [...]
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October 8th, 2008
at 4:30 pm
Daily Recap - 10/8/08 at SNICKA.com says:
[...] T.I. Tops Charts With 3rd Number One Album In A Row [...]
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October 9th, 2008
at 9:33 am
Jstylez says:
damn see if anybody can get one mill again…?
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October 9th, 2008
at 10:35 am
Anti-Mainstream says:
All this boring pop shit that’s topping the charts is WACK! Big Ups to DJ Revolution for putting out a compilation album (King of the decks) with what Hip Hop today is missing, lyrical talent, and beats that get you amped…..
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October 9th, 2008
at 11:18 pm
balaramesh says:
congrats to ti. i expected more with all of his r&b singles.gold is very impressive. especially for the first week.
for the record, ti’s best cd is trap music.
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